CVE-2013-0268

Severity :

Medium

Published :

2013-02-17

Modified :

2013-08-22

Base Score :

6.2

Details :

The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.